Pavarotti has died
 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070906/...i_health_dc_10

Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died in the early hours of Thursday, his manager Terri Robson said.

"Luciano Pavarotti died one hour ago," Robson said in a telephone text message to Reuters. He was 71.

The rotund, black-bearded tenor known as "Big Luciano" helped bring opera to the masses and performed to vast stadium audiences round the world.

He shot to fame with a stand-in appearance at London's Covent Garden in 1963 and had soon had critics gushing about his voluminous voice.

In July 2006, Pavarotti underwent surgery in New York for pancreatic cancer and retreated to his villa in Modena. He had to cancel his first planned public reappearance a few months later.

Raph's Girl note: When I was younger I couldn't stand opera but as I grew older I gained a love for it.. Pavaratti was definatly one of my faves.

I love how you misspelled his name in the thread title and your usual ending note.

But apart from that - this is indeed a very sad day. His voice was frigging awesome, now the world will lack something beautiful.

I've just seen the story today, it is very sad. He had such a distinctive voice, you didn't have to be in to opera to recognise it.

Riposi In Pace.

Yeah. My Italian is really pretty limited.

You know, I fell asleep to news he was in serious condition, and woke up to news of his death.

I had a feeling things wouldn't look good for him. Very big shame to lose one of the Opera greats like that. Of course, being overweight clearly didn't help him either. Beautiful voice silenced....

My parents liked him a lot. I read in the news yesterday that he was in really bad shape- but I did not think it was THIS bad.

How sad.... We'll miss him so much...:cry:

This is heart breaking news.:cry:

I loved his concerts and the ensemble specials he would hold. Those will be missed.

His weight had nothing to do with his death. He died of pancreatic cancer.

Risk factors for pancreatic cancer include:

* Age
* Male gender
* African ethnicity
* Smoking
* Diets high in meat
* Obesity
* Diabetes
* Chronic pancreatitis has been linked, but is not known to be causal.
* Occupational exposure to certain pesticides, dyes, and chemicals related to gasoline
* Family history
* Helicobacter pylori infection
* Gingivitis or periodontal disease.

You know he was also a 71 year old man, right?

Point being? Someone said his weight had nothing to do with it when it clearly did.

I was never into opera, but he did have a good voice. He will be missed by those who admired him. My sympathies go out to his family and close friends. Rest In Peace, Luciano.

I'm not much into opera myself. My parents took me to opera concerts, believing everyone should have a taste of all types of music and entertaiment. But Luciano Pavarotti had a charisma about him that caused people people to take notice of him from across other types of music.

I wonder if his fellow Tenors are going to try and hold a small tribute to him. I would love to see that.

*sniff sniff*


Methinks this thread will be locked....

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Methinks you're right.